Oliger Paulli
wealthy Danish merchant from an influential family, pamphleteer, religious fanatic, and publisher
Oliger (Holger) Paulli (18 March 1644 – August 1714), also spelt as Olliger Paulli, was a wealthy Danish merchant from an influential family, pamphleteer, religious fanatic, and publisher. He was renowned for his over-zealous activities for the return of Jewish people to their promised holy land.
He was well known for claiming his great-grandfather, "Simon Paulli (Sr.)", as a Jew and descendant of the royal line of David. His controversial promulgations and religiously fanatical publications such as The Dove of Noah and The Triumph of the Stone cut without Hands created hopes and theological tensions among major religions of those days.
Early life
He was born on 18 March 1644, at Copenhagen. His father, Simon Paulli, was a reputed Anatomist and royal physician to Frederick III of Denmark. His grandfather, Heinrich Paulli (1565-1610), was a personal physician of queen Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. His great-grandfather, Simon Paulli (Sr.), was a presumably a German Lutheran theologian and first superintendent of Rostock.
Career
He was a bookkeeper for the West Indies and Danish West India Company in Copenhagen. With business and commerce prosperity, he was appointed secretary to the Danish West India Company.
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